Elevated carrier.



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ELEVATED CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5. I9I7.

Iatened Dec. 31,1918.

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ELEVATEO CARRIER.

APPLlcATloN FILED MAR. 6. 11111.

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ELEVATED CARRIER.

APPLICATION man MAR. 6. m17.

Patented Dec. 3l, 1918.

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75x56 Maile www ALBERT MOEDE, OF REEDSVILLE. WISCONSIN.

ELEVATED CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

Application filed March G, 1917. Serial No. 152,801.

To all whom it may concern:

.Pie it known that I, ALBERT Moron, a citizen ofthe United States, andresident of Reedsville. in the county of Manitowoc and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ElevatedCarriers, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to elevated carriers and has morecspecialreference to an improved hay carrier.

The invention has for its dominant object to provide an elevated carrieradapted for use in barns, stables and like buildings, whereby, hay andother matter can be moved thereupon to the desired point and thendischarged or dumped from the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel arrangement oftracks, Whereby the carrier may be moved longitudinally or transverselyof the building in which it is placed without the tilting of the load,thus facilitating the moving of the loads to the desired point beforedumping the same therefrom.

Among other aims and objects of the invention may be recited, theprovision of a device of the character mentioned with a view tocompactness, and in which the number of parts are comparatively few, theconstruction simple, the cost of production small, and etliciency andoperation high.`

, Another important feature of the`inven= tion, resides in the provisionof tripping means for the carrier, rendering it possible" to dump thesame with but little eiiorn irrespective of the weight of the loadthereon and then allowing the same to be automatically returned tonormal position.

The invention consists, furthermore, in the novel arrangements andcombinations of the parts of the device, as well as in the details ofthe construction of the saine, all of which will be more fully describedinthe l following specification and then inallv embodied inthe clausesofthe claim, which are appended to the specification and which form anessentialpart of the same. Y

The invention is clearly illust rated in the accompanying drawings` inwhich:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved elevated carrier as appliedto a fragment of a building frame;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the traversing track therefor;

Fig., 3 is an end elevation ofthe carrier; 4

Fig. 4 is a transverse -section therethrough;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail in perspective of one of the platformtripping elements of the carrier;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail in top plan thereof; and

Fig. 7 is a detail in perspective showing the arrangement of the ropefor moving the carrier longitudinally of the track;

Fig. 8 illustrates brake mechanism used to control the carrier.

Similar (charactersl of reference ploved in all of the above describedviews to indicate corresponding'parts. Y

Referring now more specifically to the several figures of thev saiddrawings, il is to be noted that I have shown .by :way of illus-.

tration the improved elevated'carrier as applied to the studdingor'fraining of a barn or like building, the framing comprisinghorizontal and vertical members and being designated in its entirety bythe numeral 1,. The upper portions of the framing 1 are inclined wherebythe same may serve as means fory efficiently supporting the roofing ofthe.

building.

VVithmore especial reference to the present improvements, there areprovided end pieces 2 which are secured to certain of the.

horizontal members of the framing 1 at points in proximity of the endnieces of the said framing and have their side portionsare 6111- preventundue lateral or vertical movement thereof.

Carriages are provided comprising cross bars 5 formed of lnngcdlyconnected sections and having bifurcated extremities whereby trucks 6may be` connected thereto through the medium of bolts 7. the upperextremi-A ;ties of the bolts being pivotally connected to the saidtrucks.v As will be understood. the wheels of the several trucks areadapted to be arranged upon the transto move therealong` for a purposewhich will be subsequently apparent. Pulleys 8 are supported upondepending brackets 9 which have the upper ends thereof secured `to thetracks 4 and receive thereover iexible con-W nections 10certain of theextremities ofwhich` are connected to the bifurcated extremities of thecross bars v5 as at 11i-while the remaining ends pas downwardly fromeach-of the ends of the cross bars and about .weighted double pulleys l2and thence upf wardly over the same about pulleys 13' secured to.certain of thehorizontal members 'of the framing 1. As shown inthe Fig.1, certain ofrthe flexible connections l0extend from their respectivetrucks longitudinally same taut l:and` as a conseoll'ience, obviating'of the :framing 1 over pulleys llmounted on Ieach'side .ofthe frame 1 topointsin proximity .of the connectionarranged upon theI truckspositioned atv the oppositev end of the framing. By this arrangement,the siev-` eral connections maybe 'conveniently op erated by theuseriwhile standing. in onepo;`

' sition', thel weighted 'double pulleys l12 serv;- mg as means'fornormally maintammg t-he the. 'tan gling and other 'disarrangem'ents 0fthe connections.

' Depending arms 15 are pivotally-vsecured to the intermediatesectionsof the cross bars 5 as at 16 and support in suitable brackets 17 asingle longitudinally disposed beamv 18,: the beam .serving as a trackfor 'permit-"1 ting longitudinal movement fof 'thefcar'rierQ which willbe more fully hereinafter dei' scribed. Angle irons 19 are arrangedlover the-various corners of the beam 18, thus,

serving' as wearl compensating lmeans 'theres for' and affordin'- aneven and uniform' bearmg surface for ttlieftruck of the carrier, atall(times. It is to lbe understood, that byl piv.- otallyconnecting-thebeam 18 with the sev- -eral'cross barsv 5, through the medium of tom andside portions thereof a plurality 'of rollers 22,` the lsaid rollersbeing so 'arranged as to bear upon lthe various portions of the angleirons 19. Later-ally projecting .arms

v23fare secured to the opposite side'portions of the squared frame 21and have their outer extremities rigidlyconnected by longitudr` nallyarranged bars' 24C.y Intermediate the ends-of the'bars124f, metalplatforms 25 .havf ing downturned outer extremities are secured, whileupon the upper faces of the bars, arms 26-are pivotally mountedl'as at27T andare nominally" maintained( Tposition thereoverby means coiledsprings 28, .certain of the ends of which are connected to .brackets 29engaged with the bars 26 while the remaining extremities are connectedto other longitudinally disposed bars V30 also arranged upon the arm 23in spaced relation from the bars 2%. A platform 31 having end piecesis-pivotally secured to the upper portion of the squared frame 21 bysecuring to the under face thereof at a point' intermediate its sidesdepending arms 32 and passing through the arms, pivot bolts 83 mountedinv suitable ybearings upon the saidupper portions of .the frame 21.Coiled springs ldd-are vsecured. to the -apertured lower extremities ofthe several arms B-Zfajnd have their remaining ends affixed' to piecesor uprights 3,5 mounted upon lthe longitudinally disposed bars 30. Othercoil springs 36 are connected to the pivotal uprights 85' and extendinto engagement witlrthebars 24; Thus` it is evident that the tensionupon the-opposite sides of the arms 32' will be equaliz'ed and as aconsequence, thezplat-lz,

forni 3l will be permitted tofremain-,in' aj substantially. horizontalposition when' Vnot loaded. ILegs .37 are 'pivotally secured; inbrackets 88. affixed to thel under faceof the platforml at pointsadjacent the oppositev side portions ythereof and carry upontbeirv lowerex-tremities rollers 89, which rollers' are adapted tozbe normally.arranged uponv the several platformsv 25 .secured to ,the longiftudinally disposed bars 2%. Tomaintain the legs 37 in position whereatthe rollers v39' thereof Vwill at all" timesl engage the ,platv forms25when theplat-forml 31 ofthe can rier,l in horizont'al':` position, rods40 l are pivotally connectedjto thesame. and extend through aperturedbrackets. aflix'ed toflbars 41 carried upon `the under faceof theplatform- 31. About portions. of ,the rods 40, coiledn springs 42 areyarranged. and have. their opposite [extremi ties soengagedv as tomaintain their respective legs 87 in the desired position. Cables43 and44 have certain of their ends connected to immovable parts of the frame21 andextend over pulleys indicated .in general by the numeral 45certain ofwhich are connected to the arms 26 while the others arecarried byv the carrier, said cable then being lpassed longitudi'- pnally ofthe framing 1 to points'i'n p roxl imity of the. free `ends'ofthe cables. 1()` whereat they may be. conveniently ,reached bythenser.Obviously', by pulling thecable` 44, the pivotal armt26 as engagedthereby 't will be lmoved inwardly ,into ,engagement with the legs 37 asadjacentthe same, forcing the same. from itsv respective platform 25 andallowing the platform 31 of the carrier,

which is loaded, tobe tilted to that 'sidein orderfthat its load may bedumped therefrom. When the load has 'been remm'ed front "the platform bfthe" carrier, the

will immediately return to its normal or horizontal position, due to theengagement of the coiled springs 3% and 36 with the opposite sideportions of the several arms 32. To tilt the opposite side of theplatform, the cable 43 is of course pulled to cause the disengaging ofits respective leg portion 3'? from the adjacent platform 25. The rodsl0 will permit pivotal movement of the several legs 37 against thetension of the spring carried thereby, but will force the legsimmediately to their normal positions when the same are released,thereby, allowing the legs to properly reengage the several platforms 25when the load is discharged from the platform of the carrier.

To move the carrier 20 longitudinally of the frame 1, cables 4G and 47are engaged with the oppositely disposed portions of the carrier truckand4 extend over pulleys 48 secured to portions of the framing,whereupon the saidfcables are extended downwardly and about a weighteddouble pulley 119, similar to the pulley 12 and upwardly into engagementwith a fixed element 50 as secured to a portion of the said framing. Bythis means, the cables will be maintained taut at all times.

Brake bars 51 are slidably arranged in slots formed in the framing 2land are adapted to bear upon the rollers 2:2 at the opposite endsthereof. A coiled spring is engaged with one of the brake bars and theadjacent portion of the framing for normally maintaining the bars indisengaged positions, whilepthe brake bars are connected with a cable 52extending over a pulley 53 mounted on the remaining end of the framingwhereby the brake bars may be engaged with their respect-ive rollerswhen desired.

From the foregoing, it will be understood by workers in the art, that Ihave provided an elevated carrier which, by reason of its constructionand mounting may be moved to any desired point within the building inwhich it is arranged and then dumped to discharge its load therefromwith but little effort upon the part of the operator or user. The devicemay be advantageously used in the husbanding of live stock, wherebyfeed. such as hay or the. like, may be conveyed and deposited in thevarious stalls of the stock. Further, the device may be also used asmeans for removing various debris from the building during the cleaningof tbe same or various parts... thereof, thus, affording an efficientloading and unloading device.

I am aware that changes may be made in the various arrangements andcombinations of parts as well as in the details of the construction ofthe same, without departing from the scope of my present invention, asdefined in the appended claims. Hence, I do not limit the invention tothe eXact arrangement and combinations of the device and parts, asillustrated in the accompanying drawings, and as described in theaccompanying specifica-tion, nor do I confine myself to the eXactdetails of the construction of the said parts.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described, in combination with atransversely movable track therefor, a carrier movable over said track,said carrier including a truck having a platform pivotally connectedthereto, other platforms carried by the truck, pivotal legs engaged withsaid first platform and engageable with said second platforms, and meansengageable with the pivotal legs for moving the same selectively fromsaid second platforms t0 cause dumping of the first platform.

2. A. device of the character described, in combination with atransversely movable track therefor, `a carrier movable over said track,said carrier including a truck and a platform pivotallyconnectedthereto, other platforms carried by the truck, pivotal armsarrangedadjacent said second platforms, legs pivotally secured to theopposite sides of the first platform and engageable with said secondplatforms, and means connected to said pivotal arms and extending topoints distant therefrom for moving the same into engagement with saidlegs, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A device of the character described, in combination .with atraversing track therefor, a carrier movable over said track, saidcarrier including a truck and a platform pivotally connected thereto,other plat" forms carried laterally of the truck, pivotal arms arrangedadjacent said second platforms, legs pivotally engaged with the oppositesides of the first platform and engageable with said second platforms,spring means engaged with the first platform and said legs for normallymaintaining the same in engagement with said second platforms, otherspringV means connected to the truck and extending into engagement withthe first platform for maintaining the same in normal position, andmeans connected to the pivotal arms and extending to a point distanttherefrom for moving the same into engagement with the adjacent legs, asand for the purpose set forth.

4E. In a device of the character described, in combination with atraversing track therefor, a carrier movable over said track, saidcarrier including a truck having a squared frame engageable over thetrack, a platform pivotally connected to the truck, spring means engagedwith the truck and the platform for normally maintaining the same inhorizontal position, other platforms carried by the truck laterallythereof, pivotal arms arranged in proximity of said second platforms, aplurality of legs pivian? .posed tracks having inclined sideportions, a

otally secured to the-opposite sides of said first platform andengageable With said second platforms, spring means engaged With thelegs for maintaining the same in their normal positions, and meansconnected to the pivotal arm for moving the same into engagement Withthe adjacent legs, as and for .the purpose set forth.

5. A device of the character described, including spaced aparttransversely dis- 6.A device. of. thepcharacter described, includingspaced *apart transversely .dis

posed tracks havinginclined extremities, carriages movable over-saidtracks, hinged cross.` bars-connected :to certain of the carriages,means engaged Withf theV cross :bars

for imparting movement to their respective carriages, depending arms.rpivotally secured tov thecross bars, a longitudinally "disposed beamcarried by said arms, a carrier movable over said beam, said carrierincluding a truckhaving a squared frame engageable.

about the beam, a platform pivotally con-v nected to the truck, otherplatforms car; ried laterally of the truck, pivotal arms ar-A rangedadjacent said second-platforms, a plurality of legs pivotally securedtothe opposite sides of said lirst platforms and' engageable With thesecondplatforms,l

spring means .engaged With lthe legs for. maintaining the saine inrtheirnorma-l vpositions, means connected to thepivotal arme for moving thesame into eiigagementwitlil the legs for disengaging them from the see-fond platforms, spring means .connected to the front and 'toI theopposite sides of the; {ir-'st platforms for ynormall `maintainingV thesamel in horizontal position, and .othersI spring means engaged withthe'truck and certain of the ends of said vpivotal arms-for..maintaining the same in theirrn'o'rmal po'sie:`

In' testimony whereof, aiixmy;signaturel i hereto.

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